Skip to Content

All Articles

How Sound Rules Life Underwater

Amorina Kingdon’s 3 greatest revelations while writing Sing Like Fish.

June 3, 2024

The Collapse Is Coming. Will Humanity Adapt?

An evolutionary biologist and a science fiction writer walk into a bar … and mull over survival.

May 31, 2024

The Smartphone of the Middle Ages

An accident of lighting uncovers Jewish, European, and Islamic origins.

May 31, 2024

Is Christianity Based on Psychedelic Trips?

A radical theory that pagan cults gave rise to early Christianity.

May 30, 2024

There’s No Such Thing as “Just a Song”

What we can learn from the history of maritime folk music.

May 29, 2024

How Actors Remember Their Lines

Emotional context helps memories stick.

May 29, 2024

A Crystal Ball for Evolution

Long-term evolution may be more predictable than we assumed.

May 28, 2024

Has Psychiatry Lost Touch With Individuals?

An argument for emphasis on subjective experience.

May 24, 2024

What Science Forgets

Human experience must be factored into science. The authors of a new manifesto argue why.

May 23, 2024

Where the Ocean Exhales

The Southern Ocean controls how much carbon is released into the atmosphere—and our warming world is changing it.

May 22, 2024

How AI Helped Write a New Novel

Acclaimed writer Mauro Javier Cárdenas used AI in his latest work to surprising effect.

May 21, 2024

A Closer Look at the Science of Mirror Neurons

The brain cells once alleged to explain empathy, autism, and theory of mind are being refined and redefined.

May 20, 2024